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Re: [PATCH 1/2] mac80211: Drop protected data frames that have not been decrypted

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On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 23:36 +0100, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:

> Just for my own understanding. It seems the implementation has 2 
> different code path :
> - "real" monitor mode which is handled right after ieee80211_rx() so
> it 
> is not affected
> - "cook" monitor mode which is handled as part of the RX handlers.
> 
> BTW, why do we have 2 different code path? I'm sure I missed something
> 
> obvious here.

cooked monitor reports only usable, decrypted frames that the kernel
didn't know how to handle.

johannes

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